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Mary McNamara

Mary McNamara: I'm glad Courteney Cox is talking about menopause. Now can we do something about it?

Naomi Watts says it will empower you; Courtney Cox warns that it will consume you; one recent study argues it may be a reason women are leaving the workplace; and a British company is using NASA technology to help.

I'm talking about menopause, and so are women in increasing numbers and in wildly varied ways.

Cox, 58, recently posted an Instagram update to her 1985 Tampax commercial (with its alarming emphasis on feeling "clean") that lists the many symptoms of menopause and ends, "Remember — there is nothing good about menopause. It can actually change the way you feel about getting older."

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